November 2019

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Housebuilder Awards 2019

The industry spent a glittering night celebrating the winners of The Housebuilder Awards 2019 last month. Housebuilder reports

The Interview - Richard Pearce & Tom Carr - Verto Homes

Richard Pearce and Tom Carr are co-founders of Verto Homes, a Cornwall-based SME delivering zero carbon smart homes. They talk to Suzie Mayes about the challenges and rewards of building zero carbon housing and their quest to be the UK's largest sustainable housebuilder

New year standards

NHBC's standards and technical manager Paul Cribbens highlights the main changes for housebuilders being introduced in the NHBC Standards 2020

Healthy homes

As the environment climbs back up the national agenda, Sarah White, systems lead - external and separating at British Gypsum, urges developers to prioritise sustainability for a zero carbon future

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The Housebuilder Awards 2025

The industry celebrated the winners, highly commended companies and finalists of this year’s Housebuilder Awards in November. Housebuilder recaps the night

The year ahead

The sector enters 2026 with a still-supportive government but the industry needs it to do more. Suzie Mayes asks our commentators for their hopes, predictions and views as we look to the next 12 months

The Interview – Trudie McCormick, Keepmoat Homes

Trudie McCormick, Keepmoat Homes’ group technical director since 2015, talks to Suzie Mayes about her love of innovation, the Future Homes Standard and other technical matters on the horizon and ongoing

HBF Viewpoint

The government may have thought twice about landfill tax changes, says Emma Ramell, HBF’s director of external affairs, but it must take more risks and listen to what else the sector needs